At that time, a feeling of exhaustion from the past hit me, and I sat down as if I had jumped into a chair. At the same time, Lilan flapped her wings lightly and flew to the table in front of me.

"It's nice that you don't have to meet people...... If we had met, we would have made a big commotion now......"

I covered my eyes with my hands, and Lilan's voice came to my head.

"Speaking of which, Kirito. From what I can remember, you seem to have been depressed until you met me. Did anything happen before you met me? ”

So, I finally realized why I was visiting the forest and what was happening there. That's right, everything I did was in vain.

Although I got the resurrection item, it had no effect and could not resurrect important people.

I didn't even hear the last words. Also, before entering that forest, I parted ways with my important friends.

He had been by my side since the beginning of the game and was very worried about me, but I ignored everything he said and cared about him, and eventually parted ways with him.

It's disgusting.

As a fool who craves experience points, he is ridiculed while constantly accumulating experience points to level up, only to get useless resurrection items and lose friends, and fall into loss. Even the resurrection prop disappeared into Lilan's body.

Oh yes, that envoy named Lilan, I seem to have gotten it and become a "beast messenger". What was I doing—as I was thinking about it, I heard the voice of Morlyland.

"Kirito. Can you tell me what's going on? ”

I looked away from my hand and looked at the table. In the moonlight, a small dragon stood there with its head held high.

"What's the point of telling you?"

"I am your demons. And I intend to support you as a master from now on. You look miserable at that time. And he's still suffering. I want to know the reason for this pain."

She was quite eloquent, but I understood that I couldn't understand whatever she said. While she seems to act and speak as alive, she's just an AI that executes commands, can't understand my words, and only gives pre-programmed responses.

This is probably because I became a "beast envoy", and some kind of incident with the envoy. Becoming an "Bestiary" can be an event that can happen to anyone.

Perceiving, empathizing, thinking, and giving answers—something like this human-like thing she couldn't do.

"What's the point of telling you. So, I don't want to say"

"Don't you want to say it?"

"I don't want to say it. So, I'm not going to say."

Lilan showed a slightly sad expression and whispered, "That's it." However, surprisingly, I felt calmer.

Moreover, after going to the forest to challenge the leader, I was completely relaxed, and my spirit was so depressed that I even considered suicide. However, when I met and spoke to Lilan in that forest, it was as if I had returned to my normal state. - Even though I barely managed to have a good conversation with my friends, I was able to communicate with Lilan normally.

However, even now that feeling is back, I didn't fall into the abyss like I did then. On the contrary, there is a feeling of warmth inside. What the hell is this guy? Is this the incident of the "beast envoy"?

"Well, then, I'll listen to you when you want to speak. I'm going to rest, and you should rest too."

"Well, let's get some sleep"

With that, Lilan flew towards the bed, curled up, and began to purre. Yes, she's just an AI after all. So even if I told her, she couldn't understand. She couldn't understand what only I had been through.

I looked away from Lilan and lost my mind. …… Just then, an unfamiliar voice suddenly came, and Lilan and I looked around. At first I thought it was Lilan's voice, but upon closer listening, I realized that it was the sound of an alarm.

The source of the sound...... I turned my head in the direction of getting louder and louder, and saw a yellow button similar to the window floating there. And that's where the siren comes from.

“…… It's ......"

I moved my fingers and tried to press the button, and a long narrow window appeared, but when I saw the text on it, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

December 25, 2023

I left the hotel with Lilan. I could feel a strong will surging inside me that I had never felt before.

I have Lilan as a powerful companion. As long as we have the power of Lilan and me, we will be able to break through this city, protect all the players in this world, and return to reality. Lilan and I have to survive in this world, defeat the final boss, and end this world. Until that goal is reached, I will minimize the number of victims and help and protect the people we are fighting with.

Never let anyone die again.

――I thought about it, and I left the hotel without any problems. Shortly after I came out, I was surrounded by a crowd of players, both male and female, and I couldn't move. I asked the player next to me what was going on, and I learned that they were gathered here because they saw the information that I was bringing the dragon last night and wanted to confirm if it was true. I did my stealthily last night thinking I wasn't seen, but it looks like I was seen somewhere.

Moreover, the birth of the "Beast Envoy" profession in this layer should be the biggest surprise to everyone. There are more than 6,000 players in this world called Einklad, and it seems that there are only a dozen or so players who can become "beast messengers". Therefore, I am quite rare, or extremely rare, to become a "beast envoy". They probably came together to see me in this way.

Then, the players saw Lilan sitting on my shoulder with a look of surprise and joy on her face, her eyes lit up.

Lilan is a new kind of monster that has not been discovered so far, and her current appearance is like a hybrid of a young dragon with huge wings on her back and a puppy, so everyone's reaction is understandable.

Male players were pleasantly surprised and delighted by this monster form that they had never seen before and would not attack them, while female players shouted "So cute~!" to the puppy dragon, which is as cute as a puppy! The excitement.

More female gamers who love cute things start patting Lilan on the shoulder, and Lilan screams at the players while I scream through the "sound" in my head.

"This, this, stop making trouble!"

"Haha, I don't think it's possible. However, if there are so many people......"

The crowd was so crowded that I couldn't seem to get close to the square where the boss fight meeting was taking place. Looks like I'm going to miss the boss fight meeting.

The boss battle meeting is to share the information of the boss of this layer, and it is a meeting that must be attended when participating in the boss battle, but I can't move because of the surrounding players. Is there any way to do it?

Just as I was anxious, a familiar voice came from the crowd.

Sorry, stand back. Please give way to me!

Hearing sounds like those of real-world first responders dispersing bystanders, Lillane and I turned to the source of the sound.

Standing there was a man in blue armor, carrying a one-handed sword at his waist, with blue hair, who looked older than me, and whose appearance could be seen as that of a traditional knight.

At the sight of the blue-haired knight, I shouted.

"Diabel!"

The knight had a surprised look on his face and called my name.

"Kirito, are you telling the truth!"

Diabel's gaze went straight to my shoulder. There, it was Lilan, the now shrunken "demon". It seems that this gentleman, Diabel, also came here after listening to the people around him or the members of the guild.

However, now that someone like Diabel has come to help, it will be much easier to communicate. Diabel participates in boss battles every time, and organizes regional boss raid meetings every time.

"Diabel! Sorry to interrupt! I'll tell everyone gathered in the square, and I'll pass the message to the intelligence house Argo so they can understand this monster! “

I immediately rushed over and grabbed Diabel's arm, who was staring at Lilan, and broke through the player's wall. Then, while continuing to run, looking at the panicked Diabel, we burrowed into the alleys of the city. When I couldn't feel the player's breath and sight at all, I stopped.

Looking back, Lilan had spread her wings and flew away, while Diabel was staring at Lilan. A confused expression appeared on his face.

"Yes, Kirito."

"Kirito, who is this man?"

Both of them spoke at the same time, and I crossed my arms. Now I need to explain to both of them, so let's introduce my new partner, Lilan, to Diabel.

Diabel. A month after the start of this death game, he got the information about the boss, gathered the players to form an army, entered the maze area, and successfully defeated the boss. That alone is remarkable enough, but he's more than that.

Diabel was originally a β tester like me, and he knew how to fight bosses and how to level up, and he also released it in the form of a guide.

In the boss battle, he used his own knowledge, supported and guided the players with smooth instructions and commands, and finally defeated the boss on the first floor, and was a hero with excellent skills.